Chapter 9: The Mysterious Visitor
Under the leadership of Xia Yuanshen, several people inspected the wheelhouse, chart room and other workplaces of the freighter.
He could only think that Chen Tianyu and the others didn't notice his slip of the tongue, but he was still extremely worried in his heart. In order to survive, it is also the common practice of seafarers to abandon some heavy objects above the deck in a typhoon, and he was even more forced to do so, at that time it was inevitable that he was instigated and besieged by many crew members, but in the final analysis, saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, not to mention that he really saved a 10,000-ton cargo ship and eight crew members, at least the merit outweighed the fault?
The only thing that made him feel uneasy was that the goods that he had ordered to abandon were indeed worth a lot, but money was something outside of his body, and if the crew were martyred, wouldn't they be able to keep it?
Chen Tianyu did not ask any more questions along the way, but was quite interested in these nautical equipment on the cargo ship, stretched out his hand to touch the navigation and positioning system, turned the steering wheel, and looked at the electronic charts and navigation radar, especially at the chart table, he also stopped for a long time.
He wanted to see what the map on the sea was like, and what was the difference between the Baidu map on land, Chen Tianyu leaned over and carefully studied every area, every line, every point, and every Chinese character on the chart, in fact, he wanted to find a place.
Where the hell is that mysterious dragon triangle?, he thought.
"Dragon Triangle ......" Chen Tianyu's fingers slowly moved on the chart, many of the words on the chart were very small, and there were dense marked numbers, if you didn't understand the profession, you couldn't see anything famous at all, Liu Zichen also stood aside to help search, of course she knew what Chen Tianyu was looking for.
Xia Yuanshen leaned over a little puzzled, he wanted to be angry again, but after thinking about it, he stopped talking.
"How should this picture be viewed?" Chen Tianyu asked helplessly.
Xia Yuanshen swallowed his saliva and said with a dry smile: "Actually, it's very simple, the locations on the chart correspond to the latitude and longitude one by one. There are no obvious buildings on the sea, we can only judge by latitude and longitude and azimuth circle, we are used to looking at Baidu maps, we are looking for a landmark or something, Guomao, shopping malls, squares, these charts are not available......"
"Didn't you draw the Dragon Triangle?" Chen Tianyu didn't want to listen to him, so he directly raised the question in his heart, "You have been running in this sea area for many years, but you haven't drawn it on the map?"
"Everyone knows that there is a dragon triangle, but the specific triangle and which sea area cannot be accurately plotted on the chart...... To put it bluntly, we also rely on experience to judge. For this question, Xia Yuanshen felt that it was difficult to explain it thoroughly.
Chen Tianyu suddenly realized, he smiled and said: "In other words, you don't know where the real Dragon Triangle is? Whether this accident is in the Dragon Triangle or not, you are not sure, right?"
"That can't be said to say, there is still a rough location in the Dragon Triangle...... The scale of this chart in your hand is so big that you can't see the whole picture. Xia Yuanshen said and asked Chen Tianyu and the two to let go, he took out another chart from a few drawers under the chart table, and drew a big triangle on this chart with his hand, "Well, this is the approximate range of the Dragon Triangle...... I only know a rough idea, and the only one who knows the location of the Dragon Triangle best on the Lisha is probably the first mate Lu Jiawei, but unfortunately he has disappeared. β
Chen Tianyu nodded: "It's indeed a wide sea area, but why do you have to pass from here?...... I mean, if this is so dangerous, why don't you take a detour?"
Xia Yuanshen smiled bitterly: "We will have to go on this route for a month, if we take a detour, won't it take more than two months, and the money we earn is not enough to pay for the gas and the wages of the sailors...... The boss definitely can't plan like this, as for the danger, it's also a no-brainer, and the probability of distress is still very low......"
Chen Tianyu understood a little: "That is to say, you have to pass through this sea area just to make a living, and there are actually other routes, but they are not cost-effective." β
That's what it means. Xia Yuanshen nodded.
Liu Zichen, who was beside him, suddenly asked a question at this time: "I see that there is a red line on the map, and there is a line drawn with a pencil on the side, which is the route you took this time?" The girl is always more careful, and she keenly sees that the picture she took out this time is a little different from the one she saw before.
"The red ones are the recommended international routes, and the pencil ones are the ones we actually take. Xia Yuanshen explained patiently.
"So, what happens if you accidentally go astray?" Liu Zichen asked a seemingly naΓ―ve question.
"Of course not, we use the Global Positioning System, or GPS for short, don't you often use it? This kind of navigation system is very accurate, and the error is generally not more than 20 meters. Xia Yuanshen couldn't help laughing.
Chen Tianyu suddenly said thoughtfully: "That's not necessarily, isn't there a lot of people who use navigation to drive the car directly into the sea." He actually said this with some strong words.
Xia Yuanshen was speechless for a while, and he couldn't answer for a long time.
For the layman who is more than himself, he can only express extreme helplessness.
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A few people walked down from the chart room, planning to explore here today, to see that two or three hours had passed, the freighter had poor ventilation, the air in the cabin was not very good, and those nautical instruments also emitted a bad smell of engine oil, which made the Beiting two, who had never been on the ship, a little uncomfortable.
So Xia Yuanshen led a few people down the stairs in the cabin quickly, and just walked down the deck, Chen Tianyu suddenly looked at the walkway next to the stairs, and he suddenly remembered that there was still an important place to go.
"Can we go to the captain's room?" he asked.
Xia Yuanshen was a little embarrassed: "I can't enter the captain's room casually, this is the unwritten rule of ocean liners...... Besides, he himself is not ...... now."
He saw that several people were obviously staring at him with some suspicion, and hurriedly said: "You don't know, although the Lisha is just a freighter, the captain has set a rule a long time ago, no one is allowed to step into the captain's room without his permission, otherwise the consequences will ......be borne by themselves."
"Oh?" Chen Tianyu suddenly became interested, he had never heard of such a rule on a ship, could it be that the captain of the Lisha had something special?
"I want to hear about it. Chen Tianyu stared at Xia Yuanshen.
"Although the Lisha is just an ordinary freighter in the company, it is the latest ship, and our captain's name is Dongfang Yue, who is a senior talent specially hired by the company, and the company specially explains that all actions of the Lisha must consult the captain, otherwise the company will impose severe punishments. Xia Yuanshen said.
He suddenly whispered mysteriously: "Our captain used to be a senior officer of the navy, and he once participated in the South China Sea naval battle and served as the captain of the ship. β
Chen Tianyu's eyes flashed with some light, it seemed that what he expected was good, the Lisha was really a little different, but he didn't expect that this freighter would be related to the navy.
Xia Yuanshen continued: "I'm not sure if the captain has something special stored here, if it involves military secrets, I don't think anyone can afford it." β
Chen Tianyu looked at Zhang Jian'an suspiciously, asking if there was really such a thing.
Zhang Jian'an nodded and said, "The shipping company and the maritime department have indeed reminded us that if there is no absolutely necessary and conclusive evidence, we should try to avoid entering the captain's room...... Deputy Director Guan thought that you would come soon, so he didn't investigate this room in the early stage, after all, it was the matter of the head of the maritime department, and we could only do things according to the rules, and the highest authority was still in the maritime department. You can understand it? Although this is a cabin on a ship, it is also a private residence legally, and a search warrant is required to investigate ......it."
Chen Tianyu thought to himself that this was not wrong, no matter what, this matter would involve the reputation of a captain, and it was indeed not appropriate to rashly investigate his residence, but his footsteps still unconsciously moved to the outside of the captain's room, curiosity is often uncontrollable.
Huh?ββ
How can there be sound in the captain's room?...... There's someone inside!